Tuesday, 30 April 2013

This week, the Nightly London Photoblog at The Daily Constitutional looks through some rock'n'roll windows in the week that The Rock'n'Roll Pub Walk launches…

We’ve been walking and blogging all day, and there’s time for just one last look at London before lights out.

Maybe you saw tonight’s pictured location on one of today’s London Walks. Perhaps it’s your shot, sent to us at the usual email address.

Of course some London Walks guides will still be out there, Londoning away into the small hours. For them, we borrow a famous London phrase… Goodnight, and good luck.

A close-up of the window from last night's pic. It's Macari's famous Side Window on the Charing Cross Road where all the best guitars are kept. Support your Rock'n'Roll London guide tomorrow night, he wants to buy one!

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

We've asked our London Walkers and
London Walks guides to nominate their favourite London songs… and the playlist
is proving to be wide-ranging and eclectic indeed.

From punk to jazz, with a little music hall thrown in along the way, we'll be
collating them all here on The Daily
Constitutional over the next few weeks in the run-up to the launch of
our new Rock'n'Roll
London Pub Walk every Wednesday from 1st May 2013.

As usual, we want to hear from you.
What are your favourite London songs? Anything goes, from a tune mentioning a
London location, to a piece of music composed here, if it has a strong London
connection or theme, we'll add it to the list. Email us at the usual
address, message us on Twitter @londonwalks or
leave a comment below…

Much neglected, sometimes derided, often
disowned by the man himself, David Bowie’s 60s roots are given a full re
appraisal at the V&A’s wonderful David Bowie Is… exhibition. This is the
masterpiece of his pre-Space Oddity years…

The Rock'n'Roll London Pub
Walk launches on Wednesday 1st May 2013. The
Rock'n'Roll London Walk (without pubs!) goes every Friday at
2.00pm. Both walks meet at Tottenham Court Road Station (Exit 3). You can keep
up with the Rock'n'Roll London Walk on Facebook, Twitter and at www.rocknrolllondon.com.

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

Rounding off our series… We've asked our London Walkers and
London Walks guides to nominate their favourite London songs… and the playlist
is proving to be wide-ranging and eclectic indeed.

From punk to jazz, with a little music hall thrown in along the way, we'll be
collating them all here on The Daily
Constitutional over the next few weeks in the run-up to the launch of
our new Rock'n'Roll
London Pub Walk every Wednesday from 1st May 2013.

As usual, we want to hear from you.
What are your favourite London songs? Anything goes, from a tune mentioning a
London location, to a piece of music composed here, if it has a strong London
connection or theme, we'll add it to the list. Email us at the usual
address, message us on Twitter @londonwalks or
leave a comment below…

Adam, who leads tomorrow’s debut
Rock’n’Roll London Pub Walk has a question…

“Where the bloody hell is Ray Davies’s knighthood?
Come on Cameron, GET IT SORTED!”

The Rock'n'Roll London Pub
Walk launches on Wednesday 1st May 2013. The
Rock'n'Roll London Walk (without pubs!) goes every Friday at
2.00pm. Both walks meet at Tottenham Court Road Station (Exit 3). You can keep
up with the Rock'n'Roll London Walk on Facebook, Twitter and at www.rocknrolllondon.com.

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

We've asked our London Walkers and
London Walks guides to nominate their favourite London songs… and the playlist
is proving to be wide-ranging and eclectic indeed.

From punk to jazz, with a little music hall thrown in along the way, we'll be
collating them all here on The Daily
Constitutional over the next few weeks in the run-up to the launch of
our new Rock'n'Roll
London Pub Walk every Wednesday from 1st May 2013.

As usual, we want to hear from you.
What are your favourite London songs? Anything goes, from a tune mentioning a
London location, to a piece of music composed here, if it has a strong London
connection or theme, we'll add it to the list. Email us at the usual
address, message us on Twitter @londonwalks or
leave a comment below…

We were always looking forward to LW Guide
Ed Glinert’s answer. And he didn’t disappoint, providing us with a fireworks
display of tunes. Here they are…

Raucous folk of the Irish diaspora in Dark
Streets of London by The Pogues…

Some reflective ska from north London’s
finest, One Better Day by Madness…

Legend has it that this Beatles classic was
inspired by a chance encounter that Fab Macca had on Primrose Hill…

And Prog (Thanks Ed!) makes its debut on
our list with this one from Genesis…

And we wind up in the exotic East with
those Darlings of the Wapping Wharf Launderette, the Small Faces and Itchycoo
Park, the perfect London riposte to the San Franciscan summer of love…

Thanks Ed!

The Rock'n'Roll London Pub
Walk launches on Wednesday 1st May
2013. The Rock'n'Roll London Walk (without
pubs!) goes every Friday at 2.00pm. Both walks meet at Tottenham Court Road
Station (Exit 3). You can keep up with the Rock'n'Roll London Walk
on Facebook, Twitter and at www.rocknrolllondon.com.

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

We've asked our London Walkers and
London Walks guides to nominate their favourite London songs… and the playlist
is proving to be wide-ranging and eclectic indeed.

From punk to jazz, with a little music hall thrown in along the way, we'll be
collating them all here on The Daily
Constitutional over the next few weeks in the run-up to the launch of
our new Rock'n'Roll
London Pub Walk every Wednesday from 1st May 2013.

As usual, we want to hear from you.
What are your favourite London songs? Anything goes, from a tune mentioning a
London location, to a piece of music composed here, if it has a strong London
connection or theme, we'll add it to the list. Email us at the usual
address, message us on Twitter @londonwalks or
leave a comment below…

A classic indeed, with too many nominations
in our series to list ‘em all here…

@londonwalks
Waterloo Sunset- The Kinks. Often overlooked until I hear it-painting with
words :)
— Birdo (@Poor_Mad_Sailor) March
8, 2013

The Rock'n'Roll London Pub
Walk launches on Wednesday 1st May
2013. The Rock'n'Roll London Walk (without
pubs!) goes every Friday at 2.00pm. Both walks meet at Tottenham Court Road
Station (Exit 3). You can keep up with the Rock'n'Roll London Walk
on Facebook, Twitter and at www.rocknrolllondon.com.

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

We've asked our London Walkers and
London Walks guides to nominate their favourite London songs… and the playlist
is proving to be wide-ranging and eclectic indeed.

From punk to jazz, with a little music hall thrown in along the way, we'll be
collating them all here on The Daily
Constitutional over the next few weeks in the run-up to the launch of
our new Rock'n'Roll
London Pub Walk every Wednesday from 1st May 2013.

As usual, we want to hear from you.
What are your favourite London songs? Anything goes, from a tune mentioning a
London location, to a piece of music composed here, if it has a strong London
connection or theme, we'll add it to the list. Email us at the usual
address, message us on Twitter @londonwalks or
leave a comment below…

@londonwalks Baker
Street by Gerry Rafferty, just adore that wailing sax. Also quite fond of The
Clash's London Calling.— mmmaxi (@mmmaxi) March
8, 2013

… Gerry Rafferty’s classic from 1978.
Rafferty stayed in a friend’s flat just off Baker Street and wrote the song
while enduring the legal wrangles that are so often part of the fallout of a
band split – in this case the band was Stealer’s Wheel. the famous sax break
was played by Raphael Ravenscroft, who later played session on Duffy’s debut
album, from which we plucked Warwick Avenue earlier in our series. Click here for that one.

In the meantime, here’s Baker Street…

The Rock'n'Roll London Pub
Walk launches on Wednesday 1st May
2013. The Rock'n'Roll London Walk (without
pubs!) goes every Friday at 2.00pm. Both walks meet at Tottenham Court Road
Station (Exit 3). You can keep up with the Rock'n'Roll London Walk
on Facebook, Twitter and at www.rocknrolllondon.com.

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

Monday is mute on The Daily Constitutional (well, almost mute) – because Monday is the day when we post five images captured in and around London by London Walks Guides and London Walkers.Collated on a theme or an area, if you've got some great shots of our capital and want to join in send your pictures to the usual address.

21st Century London fails to cover her historic tracks…

Winchester Palace, Bankside

London Wall near Minories

The gate to Jacobean Charlton House

Blackfriars Monastery, Ireland Yard

London Wall near the Museum of London

POST UPDATED 24/4/16 A
London Walk costs £10 – £8 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.